Andrew Mueller
Affairs round up: Icebreaking in the Arctic, Rwanda’s aviation ambitions and 58 Polish “wolverines”
Arctic sea ice might be shrinking but it still inhibits maritime navigation. Seven Nato members have territory in the northern polar region but their icebreaking capabilities lag behind those of Russia and China. The…
Reaching for the sky
Among the simulators, stalls and aerial displays of the Farnborough Air Show, the talk is of aviation’s cleaner, quieter future.
At the front
What’s on Monocle’s agenda for September, Algeria’s election and the Asian Nato.
The personal is political. Here are five mayors who are taking action to improve their cities
Real change requires commitment and initiative. We take a look at how local leaders from across the globe prove that individual decision-making can fundamentally shape a city’s future.
What’s on Monocle’s July/August radar: Architect Isay Weinfeld and the Paris Olympics
The price of tourists’ incivility, updates from Europe’s coastlines and more.
Affairs agenda: Young Danish entrepreneurs, Ukraine’s therapy gardens and eradicating malaria
Denmark’s new wave of entrepreneurs, the introduction of Nordic therapy gardens across Ukraine and genetically modified mosquitoes as a move to combat malaria.
Affairs agenda: Drones in modern warfare, Norway’s business-minded prince and the US election
Andrew Mueller on…Morality in global conflict Every nation that has waged war and every non-state militia that has sallied similarly forth has done so advertising its virtuousness. To illustrate the same point from the…
The diplomacy agenda: A Q&A with Lithuania’s prime minister Ingrida Simonyte
Plus: Italy’s charm offensive in Africa and the pitfalls of a long-standing US democratic scheme
The agenda opener: Updates from our correspondents and a conversation with Chris Black
And ecological risk in the South Atlantic caused by unregulated trawlers.
Interview: Kyriakos Mitsotakis on his hopes for Athens
Now well into his second term in office, Greece’s prime minister tells us about re-establishing moderate, modernising politics in the country and how Athens can wield influence in Europe and beyond.
